Sassuolo vs Spezia, 2023-24 Coppa Italia, Second Round

· Sassuolo advance 5-4 on penalties

FT - Penalties
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Sassuolo advance 5-4 on penalties

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Sassuolo are hosting Spezia at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Coppa Italia.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt missed. Tio Cipot (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Albin Ekdal.
2': Daniele Verde (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo).
3': Foul by Uros Racic (Sassuolo).
3': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
4': Attempt saved. Giovanni Corradini (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
5': Foul by Laurens Serpe (Spezia).
5': Grégoire Defrel (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
7': Daniele Verde (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo).
7': Foul by Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo).
7': Raimonds Krollis (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Albin Ekdal.
12': Attempt blocked. Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samu Castillejo with a cross.
13': Attempt blocked. Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Ceïde.
13': Attempt saved. Uros Racic (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
14': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Niccolò Pietra.
16': Foul by Mattia Viti (Sassuolo).
16': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by Tio Cipot (Spezia).
17': Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Hand ball by Filippo Missori (Sassuolo).
21': Foul by Laurens Serpe (Spezia).
21': Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Foul by Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo).
24': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
26': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samu Castillejo.
28': Attempt missed. Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuele Mulattieri.
29': Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tio Cipot.
31': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Laurens Serpe.
31': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Laurens Serpe.
32': Foul by Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo).
32': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Attempt saved. Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filippo Missori with a cross.
34': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Albin Ekdal.
34': Attempt blocked. Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
35': Attempt blocked. Emil Ceïde (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
35': Foul by Raimonds Krollis (Spezia).
35': Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Raimonds Krollis (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Attempt saved. Emil Ceïde (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cristian Volpato.
39': Attempt blocked. Uros Racic (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
39': Hand ball by Tio Cipot (Spezia).
40': Attempt missed. Grégoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Samu Castillejo.
41': Attempt blocked. Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
42': Foul by Tio Cipot (Spezia).
42': Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Albin Ekdal (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo).
45': Attempt missed. Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Filippo Missori.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Volpato.
45'+1': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Iva Gelashvili.
45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
47': Hand ball by Nicolò Bertola (Spezia).
49': Offside, Spezia. Albin Ekdal tries a through ball, but Tio Cipot is caught offside.
49': Attempt missed. Filippo Missori (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emil Ceïde.
50': Attempt blocked. Grégoire Defrel (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
50': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Niccolò Pietra.
51': Attempt missed. Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Pedersen following a corner.
52': Attempt blocked. Emil Ceïde (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Volpato.
52': Attempt blocked. Uros Racic (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samu Castillejo.
54': Attempt missed. Niccolò Pietra (Spezia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Daniele Verde.
57': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Iva Gelashvili.
58': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Giovanni Corradini.
58': Foul by Grégoire Defrel (Sassuolo).
58': Tio Cipot (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Substitution, Spezia. Luca Moro replaces Raimonds Krollis.
59': Substitution, Spezia. Petko Hristov replaces Iva Gelashvili.
61': Attempt missed. Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuele Mulattieri.
62': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Spezia).
62': Samu Castillejo (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Offside, Sassuolo. Cristian Volpato tries a through ball, but Filippo Missori is caught offside.
64': Attempt saved. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Cristian Volpato.
64': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Jeroen Zoet.
65': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Niccolò Pietra.
65': Attempt saved. Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
66': Foul by João Moutinho (Spezia).
66': Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Substitution, Sassuolo. Kristian Thorstvedt replaces Cristian Volpato.
67': Substitution, Sassuolo. Armand Laurienté replaces Emil Ceïde.
68': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Niccolò Pietra (Spezia).
70': Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Foul by Niccolò Pietra (Spezia).
70': Niccolò Pietra (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Attempt missed. Samuele Mulattieri (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Pedersen.
71': Substitution, Spezia. Rachid Kouda replaces Daniele Verde.
71': Substitution, Spezia. Salvatore Esposito replaces Giovanni Corradini.
73': Foul by Petko Hristov (Spezia).
73': Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
74': Luca Moro (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Attempt saved. Rachid Kouda (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by João Moutinho with a cross.
75': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alessio Cragno.
75': Attempt blocked. Niccolò Pietra (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Salvatore Esposito with a cross.
75': Attempt missed. Niccolò Pietra (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Domenico Berardi replaces Samu Castillejo.
76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nedim Bajrami replaces Grégoire Defrel.
77': Foul by Salvatore Esposito (Spezia).
77': Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
79': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
79': Jeroen Zoet (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Attempt blocked. Filippo Missori (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
81': Substitution, Spezia. Pietro Candelari replaces Niccolò Pietra.
83': Attempt missed. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami following a fast break.
83': Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card.
84': Foul by Ruan Tressoldi (Sassuolo).
84': Luca Moro (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Attempt saved. Tio Cipot (Spezia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Salvatore Esposito.
85': Offside, Spezia. Salvatore Esposito tries a through ball, but Rachid Kouda is caught offside.
87': Foul by Uros Racic (Sassuolo).
87': Rachid Kouda (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt blocked. Uros Racic (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
88': Attempt blocked. Luca Moro (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tio Cipot.
88': Filippo Missori (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Pietro Candelari (Spezia).
90': Albin Ekdal (Spezia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Foul by Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo).
90': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Spezia).
90': Uros Racic (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Uros Racic (Sassuolo).
90'+1': Rachid Kouda (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Uros Racic (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Rachid Kouda (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by João Moutinho.
90'+3': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Alessio Cragno.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
90': First Half Extra Time begins Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
90': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Lipani replaces Uros Racic.
91': Filippo Missori (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
91': Foul by Rachid Kouda (Spezia).
92': Offside, Sassuolo. Filippo Missori tries a through ball, but Armand Laurienté is caught offside.
94': Attempt blocked. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
94': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Salvatore Esposito.
95': Substitution, Spezia. Dimitrios Nikolaou replaces Albin Ekdal.
97': Foul by Filippo Missori (Sassuolo).
97': Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
99': Substitution, Sassuolo. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Samuele Mulattieri.
101': Attempt blocked. Laurens Serpe (Spezia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
101': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luca Lipani.
102': Attempt blocked. Pietro Candelari (Spezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
102': Corner, Spezia. Conceded by Luca Lipani.
102': Attempt blocked. Pietro Candelari (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
102': Attempt missed. João Moutinho (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
104': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
105': Offside, Spezia. Tio Cipot tries a through ball, but Rachid Kouda is caught offside.
105'+1': Foul by Pietro Candelari (Spezia).
105'+1': Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
105'+1': Pietro Candelari (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
105'+2': First Half Extra Time ends, Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
107': Foul by Petko Hristov (Spezia).
107': Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
107': Petko Hristov (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
108': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Pietro Candelari.
109': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
109': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo).
109': Pietro Candelari (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
110': Foul by Marcus Pedersen (Sassuolo).
110': João Moutinho (Spezia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
111': Attempt missed. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kristian Thorstvedt.
113': Attempt blocked. Luca Lipani (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
113': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Rachid Kouda.
113': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca Lipani.
116': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
116': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
117': Attempt saved. Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filippo Missori.
117': Corner, Sassuolo. Conceded by Jeroen Zoet.
117': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami following a corner.
119': Attempt saved. Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Armand Laurienté.
120': Attempt missed. Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
120': Second Half Extra Time ends, Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
120': Penalty Shootout begins Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0, Spezia 0(1). Rachid Kouda (Spezia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(1), Spezia 0(1). Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Penalty saved. Luca Moro (Spezia) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(2), Spezia 0(1). Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(2), Spezia 0(2). Pietro Candelari (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(3), Spezia 0(2). Nedim Bajrami (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(3), Spezia 0(3). Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(4), Spezia 0(3). Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(4), Spezia 0(4). Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! Sassuolo 0(5), Spezia 0(4). Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Penalty Shootout ends, Sassuolo 0(5), Spezia 0(4).
0': Match ends, Sassuolo 0(5), Spezia 0(4).

Statistics

SPE		SAS
18	Fouls	19
4	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	17
8	Saves	4
39.7	Possession	60.3
14	SHOTS	37
4	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
360	Accurate Passes	594
465	Passes	694
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	3
11	Crosses	33
0.3	Cross %	0.1
74	Long Balls	103
39	Accurate Long Balls	78
0.5	Long Balls %	0.8
5	Blocked Shots	16
12	Effective Tackles	8
21	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
10	Interceptions	4
41	Effective Clearances	18
41	Clearances	18

Game Information

Competition: Coppa Italia

Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy

Line-Ups

Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No.	Name
28	Alessio Cragno (GK)
21	Mattia Viti
44	Ruan
2	Filippo Missori
3	Marcus Pedersen
6	Uros Racic
23	Cristian Volpato
20	Samu Castillejo
8	Samuele Mulattieri
15	Emil Konradsen Ceide
92	Grégoire Defrel

Sassuolo Substitutes:

Gianluca Pegolo, Luca Lipani, Kristian Thorstvedt, Daniel Boloca, Jeremy Toljan, Nedim Bajrami, Gian Marco Ferrari, Andrea Consigli, Matías Viña, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Laurienté, Domenico Berardi, Martin Erlic.

Spezia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Jeroen Zoet (GK)
33	Iva Gelashvili
5	Laurens Serpe
77	Nicolò Bertola
8	Albin Ekdal
21	Giovanni Corradini
4	Joao Moutinho
15	Niccolò Pietra
19	Raimonds Krollis
11	Tio Cipot
99	Daniele Verde

Spezia Substitutes:

Diego Mascardi, Rachid Kouda, Petar Zovko, Luca Moro, Petko Hristov, Salvatore Esposito, Miki Bosch, Francesco Esposito, Pietro Candelari, Dimitris Nikolaou.

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